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Teacher of Classics

Teacher of Classics

Magdalen College School

Oxfordshire

Salary:
Competitive Salary, Generous Pension, Health Insurance, Cycle to Work Scheme, Fee remission, gym and swimming pool facilities (please check MCS website for more)
Job type:
Full Time, Part Time, Permanent
Start date:
September 2023
Apply by:
6 February 2023

Job overview


Magdalen College School, founded in 1480, is one of the country’s leading independent day schools.

 

The School is seeking is seeking to appoint a full-time teacher of Classics from September 2023 to August 2024 to join our successful Classics department. The role is for a fixed term of one year and arises to cover a sabbatical for a member of the department. The role would be suited to someone at any stage of their career, from an experienced teacher to an Early Career Teacher or an unqualified teacher wishing to undertake MCS’ Waynflete Teaching Certificate. The successful candidate will be required to teach Latin from Year 7 (and preferably Greek from Year 9) to Oxbridge entrance level, and will teach a full-time timetable.

 

Further details of the position and the Teaching Staff application form are available on our website: Teacher of Classics, alternatively please click "Apply now" to be re-directed to the vacancy page on the MCS website.

 

The school’s application form and a full CV should be e-mailed to Miss Aimee Edwards, HR Administrator (recruitment@mcsoxford.org) no later than midday on Monday 6th February. We anticipate holding first round interviews online via Microsoft Teams on Thursday 9th February, and second round in-person interviews and observed lessons on Tuesday 21st February. Applicants who only send a CV will be automatically rejected.

 

Magdalen College School is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, and the successful candidate will be required to undergo statutory checks before the commencement of his/her employment.


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About Magdalen College School

MCS has a rich and distinctive history. The school was founded in 1480 by William Waynflete who believed in education as a facilitator of social mobility, and as such wanted to found a school of an entirely new kind. MCS quickly flourished as a school which firmly connected school education with a newly emerging university education and it soon became one of the country’s leading schools.

Today MCS provides a first-class education for boys aged 7-18 and sixth form girls. The school is small enough to develop every young person’s character and talents, yet large enough to provide a wide range of subjects and activities. MCS encourages a respect for learning whilst developing in every pupil a close interest in a wide range of extra-curricular interests.

MCS pupils enjoy a stimulating curriculum which is designed both to provide academic stretch and challenge, and to equip pupils with the skills for success beyond school.

In the early years, the emphasis is on exposing pupils to a wide range of subjects in order to discover their interests and talents. Pupils are put in sets by ability in French at 11 and in Mathematics at 12, no other subjects are set. There is an additional intake of pupils from prep and maintained schools at 13 and it is at this stage that boys make their first subject choices. Almost all pupils take ten (I)GCSEs, an increasing number of which are now reformed 9-1 (I)GCSEs.

Although MCS consistently secures outstanding public examination results, the real priority in the Sixth Form is on teaching beyond the syllabus, and the formation of habits of mind for life. In the Lower Sixth all pupils study at least four subjects, research and write their Waynflete Project (a 5000 word essay on a subject of their choice), undertake a community service or CCF placement, and participate in Games. From September 2017 all A Level (or Pre-U) courses will be linear; MCS pupils will no longer sit AS Levels. In the Upper Sixth, between one third and one half of Sixth Formers gain four or more A Levels, and there is a programme of lectures from visiting speakers, as well as UCAS applications and Games.

The School was last inspected by the Independent Schools Inspectorate in 2017 and was recognised as “excellent” in both of the assessed outcomes: “Quality of Pupil Achievement” and “Quality of Pupil Personal Development”.

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